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Beauty /Beautiful pictures painted by Lawrence Lee Schall. and reproduced from the Santa Fe magazine of t ho current nionlli.The author. Bon of Mr. and Mia.Henry Schall. of Corona, says:Let us ascend the t,*«nla Anns from their northern slopes, which are steepest and which offer the best opportunity for a study of the most distinctive features of the range. We shall lake the Forest Service trail, which starts in a canyon southwest of the town of Corona at an elevation or a thousand feet above the sea. We are surprised that we should gain no rapidly the higher ridges after entering the trail, and we have not gone a mile until we are treated to a wonderful panorama.The Corona valley, with its patterns of orange and lemon groves, has gradually been opening to our view, but before we have climbed half the distance •to the Divide we see the Immense valley which sweeps from the |Santa Anns to the Sierra Madres. and we may plainly see the blue wall of the latter, dominated by the peaks about Mt. San Antonio. ranging from eight to ten thousand feet in height. Nor do we (he less reel the immense sweeps to the east, .where we Bee the massive San Bernardinos, with white-capped San Gorgonio pushing more than eleven thousand foet Into the blue.We are bound to remark, again and again, the magnlttceut panoramas from the Santa Anas, because they are one of Its distinctive features. We have stood on heights far loftier, but we litive rarely been witnesB to more ImpressivetSrSa' AnaT' wVTreToi aml 01 distanceling shadows and the color splen- of Santa Catalina Islands, some 1 • - distance oK the mainland.J. We note a marked difference irv the character of the southern as compared to th«*lt; northern slopes of the Santa Anas. The latter, as we have already seen, are very steep, dimpled with deep canyons and arising abruptly from the mesas. Tlio oppositeI dors of a late afternoon si)n •‘But let -Us proceed. Th?1 trail we are on Is known as the Tin Mine Trail because It skirts the ridges above Tin Mine Canyon, and as we ascend We olten stop to admire the view into this abyss which seems to be deepening as wo rise higherand higher above it. ]*■! us n|op., »fl very gradual, the foot-pauae. We have reached the| hills being many miles distant, vantage point from which the u„,| the entire region more var-accompanylng photograph of thepM, )n ,timirc There is less of range was taken. Here we have sublimity but greater variety of before us. a scene of typical | color and form, and ax we pro-Santa Ana splendor: and do you PCClt;1 ai0„K tlile skyline trail wonot feel the forceful character the stupendous beauty, of It all? It is a triumph In simplicity: yet it Is composed of units Innumerable. Think of the millions of shrubs which have spread that velvet coat upon the mountainside. and could supremesi artist drape, as nature has. In spreading h*-r green garments I over these mighty folds of earth and .ston-.We know that a statue may be draped in a manner that reveals the very thing covered, and do yon not feel this of the scene before you. Does not the wealthy robe, which sun ami soil and rain have woven on these slopes, reveal the sculpture of Uic mountains as clearly and even more beautifully than 11 they were quite nude. This is because the chaparral is of such uniform height, geuerally speaking, that It conforms to every undulation of the slops, and besides preserving the beauty or the mountain sculpture, add*, a soltenlng touch.We are looking down a thovsare constantly entertained by the appear/knee of some new and strange delnil in the views opening before us.Wo see dark clothed peaks, strangely contrasted with areasovergrown, with a low gray brush, or bunked against ridges of Hamilton- eroded In mo3i peculiar fashion. We see all manner of tonal effects In the shrubbery. and we see quite as much variation In the topography.In the vicinity of Sugarloar Peak, now at four thousand feet, we come upon striking bits or highly decorative landscape: entire slopes given over to the most exquisite massing of shrubbery of different kinds and color. At places sharp definition oT color. at other places we may see slopes with the finest gradations front one tone to another, and withal a mosi artistic effect. Between Sugarloaf and Modjrska peaks one eo’rnes upon nearby slopes which are striking cv-amples of decorative beauty, and I shall not hesitate to say that this feature is on- of the glor-a»d feet into Tin Mine Canyon Qf |he ^ tnumMso Well concealed from the casualand we may look up more\ '■w'Mi.U fee. toward the cone I Talley' observer who 'h«7no'Tdea of Sugarloaf Peak. Noie how-,hn( 1|tcs„ niol)ntnins ,intf* wl(h.in their domain an endless var-Sugarlhe shadows emphasize the beauty of the massive folds; folds beautiful I ** ;‘r jr“n;‘than the outlooks froJ*quite sure why this is so. unless it be that this offshoot or the coast system lies in a somewhat isolated position in relation to to the general trend of the Coast Kauge, thus offering an unusual scope of unobstructed vision. But we suspect another reason in the fact that we are never permitted to ascend to high. Tor it is a fact that much of the beauty of a panorama is lost by being seen at too great an elevation for not only does one lose someWe have at last reached I ho highest point on the Tin Min? Trail and are now virtually on the Divide, for. as we gain the summit, we suddenly have spread before us, another sust panorama. for we are now able to see the southern slops of the Santa Anas, and far beyond we may glimp.se the waters of the Pacific, more than thirty miles away.But let us press to a point which shall offer a still wider panorama. We descend Into awhat of local color and much of-saddle and then again climb toform, but there seem* to be an effect of general distortion in features when one ris-s much above four thousand feet,Another reason for the branty of the panorama. In reference to that seen in the north, is that one Is never facing the nun's glare, ami the range is ideally situated for the finest effects of iight and shade, not only within Itn domain bul in the vast views which its height present. In lute afternoon the valley view is In the height of its grandeur, and how often have we stood enthralled by the tapestry of color and form and the magnificent sweeps so emphasized ami so glorified by tin- lenglheii-lety of some of the finest artistic touches in nature. The writer has seen acres upon acres, ind-cd entire slopes, whitened with the wealthy bloom of the wild buckwheat: a wonderfulsight In itself, hut with or without bloom, this shrub weaves beautiful patterns on the mountain sides, and likewise other shrubs which offer color contrasts to the predominating dark hue of the cover.It is not the province of this article to sketch detail, but it may well be understood that one can scarcely avoid touching upon the parts when we find them such delightful and important contributions to the general effect, be wtand ifleof rotor which w tiful patterns ientire articles might Oil llie several types ve such benu-thr velvetydual; which drapes the SantaCHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHESCverlasting Punishment was the subject of the Lcsson-Sermon Sunday. November 3, in all Churches of Christ. Scientist, branches of The Mother Chureh. Tlio First Church of Christ. Scientist, in Boston. Massachusetts.One section of the Leaaon-Ser-mon contained exhortations of both Moses and Paul, and included these verses from Deuteronomy and Galatians: Now thereforehearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the Judgments, which I teach you. for to do them, that y- may live, and go in and possess the land which tlio Lord God of your fathers giveth you; “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man Boweth, that shall he also reap. For he that aoweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; hot he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.A correlative passage from Scl-what Is known as Oak Flat which is the point where the Tin Mine Trail Joins the Divide.And how we are thrilled by the simple beauty of this rolling meadow which, by Its utter nudity. mokes us realize the exquisite anatomy of these mountains, which, even when covered with growth, still assert the forceful beauty of their structure.This meadow is a fine study in flowing lines; in delightful rhythmic contours. and its smoothness, with its utter absence of straight line or angle, creates a sensation within one os restful, as Nothing, as the sweetest strains or music. Time and again, as we continue on our way. do we glance back upon the serene beauty nt this upland meadow, revealing new features as we climb higher and higher above it. until at last the increasing shrubbery hides it from our view.Our course along the Divide Trail will be of interest mainly j In the sweeping panoramas it | pelation of Graham WayRIVERSIDE. Nov. 5.—llall -mile driveway into March Field from I he Moreno highway yesterday was named in honor ot the post's popular commanding ofllc-r, Major M. F. Harmon, Jr.Naming Of the road was done by the board ot supervisors. Until now it lias carried the ap-and as well lo cast RlviIlfc ., wlde am, a,upl(: „mr.into ihe field from the north.Th«cvcals, first to the south, then J county last year paved the strip, to the north.and west, up and down range Itself, for it must be re-meinbei—d that we are really It wag believed best to connect following the backbone of the Ihe pog| wl,j, lhe lateral on th-range, and the great '‘^'■“^ norll. since the new buildings canyons sweep out to the norm iand south, and tho peaks to east. located in the extremeand west. I northwest corner of the field.We see, not far away lo the west, the beginning of the major part of the range, proclaimed by the three-thousand-folt;t summit of Sierra l’eak which looks down upon some fifteen miles of foothills. where the range tapers off to its western terminus near the little town of Olive. But from our situation the rang mounts gradually higher towardFormerly the main entmnce was from the Perris highway.CITRUS HITTING
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Corona Courier
Corona, California, US
Fri, Nov 08, 1929
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